Prelude to "the last battle"...

Apparently the last book in the series is called "The Last Battle" not final battle. I guess maybe the war never ends. But ya, I read the preview of the last book at the back cover and it talks about a "False Aslan" so I assume it's like Revelation style...

I feel almost like I want to quote those parts from the Prince Caspian Narnia movie, but perhaps I'll do that in my next entry, so here is the warning:

WARNING: NEXT ENTRY WILL CONTAIN QUOTES/SPOILERS FROM THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN MOVIE...

Anyhow, I saw an episode of Star Trek Voyager on TV the other day that is about faith which I think will really help set the mood for the entry I plan to explain how my journey in Christ is like Prince Caspian's and how I too have my battles to face like a modern day Prince Kaspian, no my little Jojo, I didn't spell it wrong, I did it intentionally, to draw an analogy of me to Prince Caspian... and the next entry won't have that yet, but it will use some quotes from the movie to set the mood for the grand finale.

The context of that episode is that one of the non-Starfleet crew members, Kes steps into some bioelectric field. She was not supposed to go into that area, as it is sacred, but she was being curious and then supposedly she was struck down because the "spirits" punished her. Now the Captain is seeking "spiritual help" from the natives because even with all their high tech medicine, she is unable to find a cure for her crew member (Kes) who is currently suffering from a coma as a result. The quotes begin with the Captain Janeway in a waiting room supposedly "waiting" to speak with "the spirits":

"We are waiting..."

"I can't WAIT... my crew member needs help NOW..."

"Come with me child..."

(a bit later, the next scene when she is talking with that "clergy" woman:)

"So you're expecting a ritual, some tests eh..."

"I don't know what to expect...."

(after she has been suffering from the tests and nearly dies, she experiences a vision)

"You have everything you need to help her YOURSELF...The SPIRITS don't lie..."

"Welcome back (to the WAITING room)..."

"So your little adventure didn't quite work back the way your planned it, you went through all that suffering for nothing... your quest to the spiritual world wasn't quite as successful as you expected..."

"Stubborn aren't you, you weren't expecting and content to WAIT around for the spirits were you..."

"That would be nice and QUANTIFIABLE for you wouldn't it... if the SPIRITS was something you can TOUCH... FEEL... TALK TO...."

"So much for your OPEN MINDED Starfleet ideas..."

"Fine don't listen to us...go back to your ship to play with your micro biographic scanner..."

"You'll find the answer eventually your way won't you?"

"Now there's a leap of faith..."

"There you go again... always looking for a RATIONALE explaination... your biogenic scanners has given you FACTS... that it's lethal... You need to TRUST that it's not the case, that taking her back into the biogenic field that they will cure her as opposed to harm her..."

"If you believe you're there already, there you are... there's more to it than that..."

"If you don't believe then you're BOTH DEAD... SO what are you GOING TO BELIEVE... CAPTAIN...?"

"Everything my method says it's lethal... I WANT TO BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE..."

"I know what I'm doing..."

"Are you SURE of that..."

"There's 800 mejajules of biogenic energy running through that field..."

"She (the vitality injured one) won't ASK you to DESTROY yourself for her sake... there are too many people counting on you..."

"I can't give you my word on that... nobody knows what will happen in the shrine when they go in.... I don't know all the answers, BUT YOU DO..."

"Katherine (or did he say "Captain")... I don't understand this..."

"Neither do I... that's the CHALLENGE..."

"They caused the ___ energy... the bioneutric energy captain attained protected as a barrier from the.. etc... etc..."

"It's a perfectly SOUND explaination doctor... very.... scientific...."

ROFL....

It's TIME TO STEP UP....STEP IT UP A NOTCH like our opening cermonies... BAM... like Emeril (the cook will say)... OVERFLOW with that Holy Spirit... I still remember our "Overflowing" theme from this years RCCF retreat, it's awesome! :) It's like ya, have faith in God not in ourselves... I'll leave it at that for now, hopefully you're anticipating my conclusion on this series of posts...

TO BE CONTINUED... KEEP IN MIND THE WARNING ABOUT SPOILERS FROM THE NEW NARNIA MOVIE IN THE NEXT ENTRY...